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Blind Shipping: Solution for Inventory & Labor Challenges

GlobalTranz

If so, optimizing your inventory management strategy can be a game-changer. Imagine shipping products directly from your supplier to your customer while maintaining the appearance that your business is the source. That's what you get from blind shipping, and we're here to tell you all about it!

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5 Things To Consider When Choosing a 3PL for Blind Shipping

GlobalTranz

Blind shipping is a strategic method of drop shipping where the supplier's identity is concealed, and products are shipped directly from the supplier to the customer, maintaining confidentiality along your supply chain. What is blind shipping? And why does it matter to businesses?

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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

Logistics Viewpoints

Businesses are responding with production shifts, supply chain diversification, inventory stockpiling, and trade route adjustments in efforts to lessen the financial burden and avoid long-term instability. Exploring alternative shipping routes via Gulf Coast ports to bypass land border congestion. and other non-tariffed regions.

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Walmart Lowers their Shipping Requirements, but their Suppliers Still Struggle

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Walmart’s On-Time In-Full initiative is a compliance measure designed to ensure that freight arrives at a Walmart store or distribution center when it was supposed to, in the quantities expected. Walmart fines suppliers whose goods arrive late or who have not shipped everything that they committed to ship.

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How Do Companies Manage Their Freight?

Supply Chain Game Changer

What’s the Difference Between Freight Management and Logistics Management? In today’s world, where globalization and international trade play an increasingly important role, efficient freight management is becoming a key aspect of success for many companies.

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Peak Shipping Season Update: What’s Driving Change in the Industry?

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The long and unpredictable peak shipping season continues to challenge supply chains. A 2021 Peak Shipping Season survey conducted by Edelman Intelligence found hiring to be a strong concern among supply chain decision makers with 90% having a strong need to increase hiring to account for peak season and beyond. Higher freight volumes.

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AI in Supply Chain Automation: Procurement to Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

Demand Forecasting: Algorithms improve procurement planning by integrating live inputs like point-of-sale data, promotions, inventory levels, seasonality, and even weather data. AI systems help logistics teams manage fleet routing, freight planning, and vendor performance with greater precision.